Energy Top Stories

India’s coal ministry to seek softer green rules to boost output

The ministry is likely to approach environment officials for a “certain relaxation in norms so that overall coal production can be further increased.”

Bloomberg News | March 22, 2022 | 12:37 pm

Scientists get closer look at how methane-eating bacteria turn greenhouse gases into fuel

Methanotrophic bacteria consume 30 million metric tons of methane per…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | March 20, 2022 | 9:00 am

Belgium to extend life of nuclear reactors by another decade

The decision aims to secure supply amid record-high energy prices.

Bloomberg News | March 19, 2022 | 12:13 pm

AGL gets greenlight for Liddell battery in push away from coal

AGL Energy wants to build a 500-megawatt battery on the…

Bloomberg News | March 19, 2022 | 11:58 am

Mining industry needs to build a new pipeline of talent for the long term, says Komatsu CEO

Jeff Dawes explains how OEMs are getting on the sustainability…

Staff Writer | March 17, 2022 | 11:20 am

Chinese traders freeze Australian coal orders amid 40-day customs delays – sources

Tension between Beijing and Canberra has grown in recent months over issues of cyber security and China's influence in Pacific island nations.

Reuters | February 19, 2019 | 11:06 am

BHP urges miners to create global body to oversee tailings dams

CEO Andrew Mackenzie said it was too early to say what impact the recent Vale tailings dam disaster will have on efforts to restart BHP and Vale's jointly owned Samarco mine, shut since November 2015 after a dam collapse killed 19 people.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 19, 2019 | 3:20 am

Mongolia posts 6.9% economic growth in 2018

Coal and copper generate almost 70% of Mongolia's total export revenues and most of its mining output is sold to neighboring China.

Reuters | February 15, 2019 | 10:40 am

Norway gives go-ahead to disputed Arctic copper mine

Nussir says the area contains an estimated 72 million tonnes of copper ore - Norway's largest reserve.

Reuters | February 14, 2019 | 9:18 am

Strike over job losses compounds South Africa blackout woes

While South Africa has suffered electricity shortages for more than a decade, the utility is at a crisis point and is seen as the biggest threat to the economy.

Bloomberg News | February 13, 2019 | 10:50 am

SNC-Lavalin bonds weaken as S&P cuts company to cusp of junk

The company said it failed to reach an agreement with a client in a dispute over a mining project in Latin America, prompting it to slash its profit forecast by more than 40% for the year.

Bloomberg News | February 13, 2019 | 10:22 am

Colombia coal output likely to hold steady in 2019, companies say

The Andean nation is the world's fifth-largest exporter of coal.

Reuters | February 13, 2019 | 9:11 am

Teck misses Q4 profit estimates on lower copper, zinc and oil prices

Canada’s largest diversified miner saw its quarterly profit drop 41.5 % from the year earlier, amid lower prices for copper, zinc and oil.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 13, 2019 | 5:08 am

First US coal plant in years opens where no options exist

To boost coal use in the US: Find a spot near a mine with no access to oil or natural gas pipelines, where it’s not particularly windy and it’s dark much of the year.

Bloomberg News | February 11, 2019 | 11:29 am

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